Example sentences of "long before she " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long before she reached the place , the car was stopped by the military . |
| 2 | She is to me and many others , the best tennis player in the world today , even if she is No 2 it wo n't be long before she is back on top where she belongs . |
| 3 | It was not long before she had left home and was on the road . |
| 4 | I 'm sure it wo n't be long before she is on the most popular chat shows , telling us of commissions she has undertaken and regaling us with tales of her life when she was actress Delia Abraham , co-starring in the TV version of Nell Dunn 's Up The Junction , and appearing in rep alongside Kate O'Mara . |
| 5 | Writing to Ellen , never her most sympathetic correspondent , was dreary work since all she could think of were frantic pleas to tell her of Oreste and she grew tired of begging long before she reached the end of the first sheet . |
| 6 | She knew she was good , and it was n't long before she privately concluded that she was better than most of her colleagues — more enthusiastic , more energetic , more productive . |
| 7 | How long before she gets eaten away by the meths and dissolves into dust blown by the wind ? |
| 8 | How long before she learned that folk 'll always take advantage of weakness ? |
| 9 | It was not very long before she was free of them altogether . |
| 10 | Of course , it was n't long before she was rumbled , so she packed up and returned to Scotland , taking me with her . |
| 11 | Even blindfold she can see it wo n't be long before she 's very rich . |
| 12 | My son is a dying junkie , but he does n't want to die alone so he 's encouraging Robin-Anne to keep him company and now she 's become addicted to cocaine and it wo n't be very long before she 's smoking crack and trying speedballs . ’ |
| 13 | This desire for control over all aspects of her life is allied to a single-minded approach to her career which dates back long before she became famous . |
| 14 | ‘ She , with great dignity , accepted my invitation and she said that we wo n't wait for too long before she comes to Russia on an official visit , ’ he said later at London 's Hyde Park Hotel . |
| 15 | An actress who worked with Babs in Munich told Bild : ‘ She said it wo n't be long before she gives birth . ’ |
| 16 | She discussed the arrangements with me not long before she died . |
| 17 | Mrs Whitehouse viewed these programmes as having no redeeming qualities whatsoever , and it was not long before she herself became the subject of a satirical programme in her own right . |
| 18 | A woman arriving at the house fiddled with the lock as she waited for someone to let her in , but finally , with a despairing gesture , gave up the attempt to fix it long before she was admitted . |
| 19 | This story was a favourite of the headmistress of her primary school , so she heard it often at Morning Prayers , and long before she could see it as a parable , she already felt shock before its injustice . |
| 20 | Long before she left school , Clara discovered that whatever negligent indifference might greet her in the bosom of her family , she was capable of arousing strife in breasts other than those of Miss Haines and Mrs Hill . |
| 21 | From then on she came to the surface more ; it was n't long before she said to him , ‘ This can not go on , have n't you anything better to do than being my chauffeur all day ? ’ |
| 22 | None of it held the magic of her communication with Friend ; even here , jacked into the shadows , she ached for him but reason told her she would n't find him , long before she stopped looking . |
| 23 | His instinct for self preservation had warned him of her move long before she had made it . |
| 24 | Christina hoped it would n't be too long before she could make her escape . |
| 25 | He hoped it would not be too long before she was brave enough to leave the bar . |
| 26 | But even as the idea occurred to her , she dismissed it ; from the athletic way Fernand had cleared the rail it was likely that his legs were as strong and muscular as his sinewy arms and he would probably catch her long before she reached the house . |
| 27 | It wo n't be long before she catches a chill , and then I 'll really have my hands full . |
| 28 | One thing she knew for sure : Alain would be married long before she was . |
| 29 | She could see him long before she reached him . |
| 30 | Maggie sat on the bed and fumed but it was not long before she started to smile . |